<Page> 1


                                  Exhibit 23.2

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

    We hereby consent to the references to our firm, in the context in which
they appear, and to our reserve estimates as of January 1, 2010, included in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pyramid Oil Company for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2009, as well as in the notes to the financial statements
included therein.  We also hereby consent (1) to the incorporation by
reference of the references to our firm, in the context in which they appear,
and to our reserve estimates as of January 1, 2010, into Pyramid Oil Company's
previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-163885), and (2)
to the filing of our report dated February 23, 2010 as an exhibit to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pyramid Oil Company.

MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, LLC

By:  /s/ Alan A. Burzlaff
        -----------------
        Alan A. Burzlaff
        President MHA California

Bakersfield, California
March 24, 2010